The book of the maidservant / Rebecca Barnhouse
2009, 1st edition, 3rd printing. New York : Random House. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232 pages; Description: 232 p. : map ; 22 cm. Subjects: Kempe, Margery, b. Ca. 1373 --Juvenile fiction. Kempe, Margery, b. Ca. 1373 --Fiction. Religious life --Fiction. Pilgrims and pilgrimages --Fiction. Voyages and travels --Fiction. Summary: In 1413, a young maidservant accompanies her deeply religious mistress, Dame Margery Kempe, on a pilgrimage to Rome. Includes author's note on Kempe, writer of "The Book of Margery Kempe," considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language. Item #180477
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